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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Winlaton-Mill. In the village are now several iron-factories, where anchors, chaincables, pumps, and cylinders …
A History of the County of Oxford
… plant was installed at Smith and Philips' and at Walkers' factories at their reopening after the Second World War, when … of England, attracted in part by easy access to car factories at Oxford, Coventry, and Birmingham, opened a motor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… contemporaneous gathering of hand-loom weavers into factories, and the consequent replacement of large numbers of … were commonplace. 16 By then the gathering of weavers into factories was evidently advanced. John Early's Newland … overwork to make up time. Some weavers continued outside factories, but seem to have become rarer. 17 A few family …
A History of the County of Oxford
… part of its female labour, particularly in the blanket factories and laundries, drawn from surrounding villages. By … unit at Brize Norton airfield or in the Oxford car factories, and there was already a perceived need for new …
A History of the County of Oxford
… altered the town's character and appearance. Small blanket factories, mostly comprising hand-loom weaving sheds and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In the first half of the 19th century several small factories were built in the town, increasingly concentrating … 1937 and 1993. 161 Two surviving early-to-mid 19th-century factories at West End and Woodgreen, both later converted for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were apparently found subsidized work in the blanket factories, quarries, and roads: in 1820 169 was spent on road … presumably in the form of wages, and income from factories (presumably from spinning) was 150, though over 500 …